Bashir hopes he could listen to you but he is a prisoner of his own destiny.True reform in Syria means the disempowerment of of the Alawytes which they would not agree to.If they go down,he will go down with them.The Iranian republican guard is another factor against change inSyria.

Even if he takes your ultimate recommended line of action, others in the regime will not let him.So, his numbers are already bad. The only thing that might have chance to save Syria and its people is if the Westren leaders secretly tell Bashar that if starts to kill syrians then will take out the alwiete regime including killing his key officers.It has to be secert and firm to save him face .

If there is any justice in this world then perhaps the souls of those innocent lives lost at Itamar are raining long overdue vengeance on Syria. It is Syria that has shipped 50,000 missiles from Iran to Hezbollah that are targeted at Israeli cities and it is Syria where the headquarters of Hamas and Islamic Jihad are located and where orders to bomb busses in Jerusalem, send Kassam missiles and Grad rockets into Israeli homes, hospitals, and schools emanate from, and where the orders came to brutally and savagely murder the family of five (including three little children) in Itamar. It is Syria, along with Hezbollah that is sending arms and fighters to Libya to help Ghadaffi. All people should hope and pray for the overthrow of this dictatorship that oppresses its own people and is the headquarters for terrorist groups that send out orders to murder innocent men, women, and children. The souls of those lost at Itamar, and those lost on busses, in marketplaces, and cafes in Israel from the suicide bombers sent by terrorists in Syria and their supporter Assad, and the little children who cower in fear in bunkers in Sderot as missiles rain down on them will soon, hopefully very soon, see the regime in Damascus receive the ultimate justice for its crimes.

If Assad feels there is no way out he may get Hamas & Hizbollah to help him dream up an excuse to justify going to war with Israel. If he can dream up the right excuse then he can declare war on Israel to achieve this noble goal. The people will put on a show of solidarity for their brave leader who is willing to go to war with the evil zionist entity for a noble goal. Assad comes out of it a hero and the momentum for regime change it lost. Assad's father was a hero in the arab world because he did go to Israel and had an image that he was not afraid of Israel and the people loved him for it. Assad junior has been using Hizbollah to fight his battles and he was chased out of Lebanon in 2005 which in the eyes of the people is a humiliation. He has been unable to gain a reputation as a kind of protector of the people in his own right so people ask what is he doing for us other than being oppressive? To survive Assad needs to do something that will make him popular and the one sure way for any arab leader to gain popularity is to go to war with Israel.

building and is now plain for all to see. However you've been warned by the Prophets both ancient and current that this was coming. But, you refused to listen or take action. It's now too late, the wave will only grow larger from this point forward. Your only salvation now will be through the Temple. Go to the wall and pray, pray for salvation, that's your only hope now.

He is behaving like one and butchering the people of Syria. LONDON FREE AND INDEPENDENT KURDISTAN COMPOSED OF PROVINCES OF IRAQ, SYRIA, IRAN AND TURKEY Once Kurds achieve independence they will become the largest country in the Middle East. Arabs, Turks and Iranians will have to go down on their knees to appease them and their ally Israel.

HE WILL GO TO WAR AGAINST ISRAEL TOGHETER WITH HIZBOLLAH AND HAMAS. WE WILL SE THEN WHAT IRAN WILL DO ?. Orao.Srbia.

Hi Smadar Peri , this tyrant and his regime will fall during short time, there are a lot of free sons of the Syrian army who will join the revolution , the Syrian revolution today is against the regime , tommorow it will be to liberate Golan. No one will respond to the tyrant Bashar al-Assad reforms for fear of this revolution , I know you are very concerned about the future ,if it would it still relatively quiet or no? I don't think so : ) your sincerely Salma

you hit a delicate nerve, I actualy really enjoy your comments . you are so smart and so cute. may god bless you.

thank you dear, and you're really kind gentleman : )

Assad lures Hezbollah and all their leadership to a meeting, killing Nasrallah and all his commanders. Then forms an alliance with Hariri Jr.helps him annihilate all of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hariri assumes full control of his country. Syria announces peace with Israel, joins forces with Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon. States that all countries in their alliance will give full citizenship to the Arab refugees (except for Jordan because they already have). That they can own land, vote, run for political office, own businesses etc., start an immediate program to rebuild all refugee camps providing thousands and thousands of jobs. Announce the Golan will remain in Israeli control for the next 63 years. An equal amount of time since 1948. Then all schoolbooks will be changed to reflect Israel on the maps and all incitement against Israel with all media sources (i.e. TV, Radio, Newspapers, mosques etc.) will be halted. After 63 years, Israel and Syria will discuss the Golan. All Hamas leadership in Syria will be arrested and turned over to Israel. All weapons are cut off from the Gaza, and either they form an alliance with Fatah accept Israel on the world stage and take a peace deal with Israel. Any attacks are considered acts of War against the state of Israel and will be eliminated. Then you have peace in Middle East. Israel shares it technology to help rebuild the agriculture in the Arab alliance and help water desalination plants. Providing an increased water supply for all people in the region. Makes to much sense, forget it.

a wonderful and thought provoking article and I just wonder about the possible effect of a leader change on Israel

I've heard on the grapevine in Israel, that Assad's wife had a big fight with Bashar, telling him to make peace with Israel already and to give up the Golan. That the only way to be a real nation and prosper is to stop blaming Israel!!!! I know it's hard to believe, and how can Israeli intelligence have such information....but...wow...I actually believe this!!

The Arabs better pray that we don't have another election soon, because Bibi may not get another chance to show how weak he is. The next time we might get a real leader instead of the faker we have.